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passed frequently, appetite poor, no energy to move 

 about. Hogs lie around a great deal ; at times they may 

 be paralyzed and drag their hind quarters. 



Treatment: Apply cloths or blankets wrung out of 

 hot water over the loin; also give Potassium Acetate in 

 twenty grain doses four or five times a day in drinking 

 water. Feed soft, sloppy food, containing regulator and 

 tonic as prescribed on the first page of this chapter. It 

 contains nerve stimulants, just what is required in 

 paralysis. 



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Grand Champion Duroc Boar. 

 Economy Stock Farm, Shenandoah, Iowa. 



KIDNEY WORM 



Cause : Damp, filthy surroundings seem to favor the 

 growth of embryos of this worm. They are taken into 

 the digestive canal with the food and eventually pass to 

 the region of the kidneys, where they find conditions 

 favorable in which to multiply. 



Symptoms : May prodube paralysis of the hind quar- 

 ters, in which ease the animal would not exhibit such 



